SOLUTION: 1 number is equal to the square of another. Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is 1980.
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Question 739932: 1 number is equal to the square of another. Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is 1980.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 number is equal to the square of another .
......eq.1
Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is ......eq.2
......eq.1
......eq.2
__________________________ solve the system
......eq.2...substitute from eq.1
......eq.2
.....use quadratic formula
we need only positive solution because given the numbers are both positive
find
......eq.1
check their sum:
......eq.2
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